A Web application is a software system which provides its functionalities through the Web. Understanding, maintaining and re-engineering legacy Web applications requires a reverse-engineering process. In a previous work, an ontology based Web application reverse-engineering approach has been proposed for recovering data models presenting static aspect of the Web application. In this paper we ex...

The paper discusses the use of geometric constraints in a CAD model-based photogrammetric system. The CAD models are represented by CSG (Constructive Solid Geometry) models. The geometric primitives that make up the CSG model are parameterized by their pose and shape parameters. Geometric relations, or constraints, between these primitives are expressed using these parameters. Constraints can b...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Parkinsonism is often associated with symptoms of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), but its pathogenesis has been largely neglected. In genetic inherited FTD-related granulin (GRN) mutations, parkinsonism is an early sign, and it is more common than in sporadic disorders. Our aim was to study grey matter (GM) volume changes in subcortical and deep cortical regions in GRN-related FT...

This mentor presentation displays how Team Genius mentors teach concepts through the process of reverse engineering. It examines the current applications of reverse engineering to teach both a scientific concept, in this case, biomimetics, and engineering concepts. To begin, we will describe existing robots and prototypes—from research labs of Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute...

Whenever a reverse engineering method is applied to an old software system, the results are mainly limited to its degree of automation. Additional domain knowledge via a human expert helps to overcome this limitation. Modernizing old procedural software for object-oriented reuse requires domain knowledge as well as a balancing of the recovered information. We have developed a reverse engineerin...

The reasons for reverse engineering software applications could be many. These include: to understand the design of the software system to improve it for future iterations, to communicate the design to others when prior documentation is either lost or does not exist or is out-dated, to understand competitors’ product to replicate the design, to understand the details to discover patent infringe...

Successful software evolves, more and more commonly, from a single system to a set of system variants tailored to meet the similiar and yet different functionality required by the distinct clients and users. Software Product Line Engineering (SPLE) is a software development paradigm that has proven effective for coping with this scenario. At the core of SPLE is variability modeling which employ...

In many areas of industry, it is desirable to create geometric models of existing objects for which no such model is available. This paper reviews the process of reverse engineering of shapes. After identifying the purpose of reverse engineering and the main application areas, the most important algorithmic steps are outlined and various reconstruction strategies are presented. Pros and cons of...